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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalva
Order: Myoida
Family: Corbulidae
Genus: Caryocorbula
Species: Caryocorbula subcontracta
Author Citation Say, 1824
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miocene
Chesapeake Group
Choptank Formation
Drumcliff Member
Collector: Heather Siple
Date Collected: 07/03/2017
Acquired by: Field Collection
Length: 8 mm
Width: 6 mm
Height: 4 mm
St Leonard
Calvert County
Maryland
United States
This specimen and dozens like it were collected from matrix material deposited in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay by a landslide. It is one of only a few species that consistently survived intact in the matrix samples I collected. Most specimens were single, unbroken valves, but several had both valves together and intact. This specimen was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
Formerly known as Corbula inequalis.
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